cleavage, n.
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(cleavages)
the act of cleaving or splitting
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cleavage
the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts)
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cleavage
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(embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum
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cleavage segmentation
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the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules
<noun.process>
cleavage
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the state of being split or cleft
<noun.state>
cleavage
sample sentences
"there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members"
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